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• Pasteboard: Pasteboard refers to the area outside of the stage where you can place
objects that you don't want to be visible in the final output.
• Tools Panel: The Tools panel contains a set of tools to choose from—such as drawing
tools, text tools and selection tools, etc., which are used to create or modify objects as
required in the project.
The following table represents a snapshot of the tools panel and the respective tools INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATE CC
Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VI Tool Name Selects objects on the stage; an object must be selected before it
available in Animate CC:
Function
Selection
can be modified.
Sub
selection marquee. Modifies specific anchor points in a line or curve.
Selection Selects objects or parts of objects by dragging a rectangular
Free Moves, scales, rotates, skews, or distorts objects.
64 Transform
Lasso Selects objects or parts of objects by dragging a free-form
selection marquee.
Pen Draws lines or curves by creating a series of dots that are
automatically connected.
Text Creates and edits text.
Line Draws straight lines (strokes) of varying lengths, widths and colours.
Rectangle Draws rectangles of different sizes and colours. Press and hold
Shift key to draw a perfect square.
Oval Draws oval shapes. Press and hold Shift key to draw a perfect circle.
Pencil Draws freehand lines and shapes.
Brush Draws / paints with brush-like strokes.
Ink Bottle Applies colour, thickness, and styles to lines.
Paint Bucket Fills enclosed areas of a drawing with colour.
Eyedropper Picks up styles of existing lines, fills, and text and applies them to
other objects.
Eraser Erases lines and fills.
Hand Moves the view of the Stage and Work Area.
Zoom Increases or reduces the view of the Stage and Work Area.
Soft Hint
To open a tool: you can also use the shortcut key shown in parentheses in the tool tip
that appears when you place the mouse pointer over a tool for a few seconds.

